Review: Injinji Wool toe socks

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Skip the flips. Get the Flossie triple.

There.

[KnottedYet]

Lisa - Thank you. I must keep my priorities straight. 4th pair of Chacos vs. Sugino triple for Flossie.

sigh.

I'm wearing the ankle-high manmade fiber Injinjis today. I wore toe-socks all but one day this week. Intend to wear them all weekend, too.

The artificial fiber ones are cooler (temp wise) than the wool. When it was hot yesterday that would've been good. My feet got a little over-heated in the wool toe-socks.

Anybody tried the cotton ones yet? Or the tabi socks?

[KnottedYet]

Maybe it's poor quality wool. Maybe it's my killer toenails. Maybe toe-sock gremlins crept into my sock drawer and chewed on 'em.

But my wool toe-socks have holes.

The man-made fiber ones do NOT have holes. (and I've had them longer and worn them more.)

Still love the Injinjis, but my next pair will be the manmade fiber again.

[surgtech1956]

I love your socks. Wondered if 'toe' socks would be uncomfortable. I might have to try some, my feet are always cold.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Knot, thanks for the update.

Those socks make me wonder though....if mittens keep your hands warmer than gloves, then wouldn't regular socks keep your toes warmer than toe-d socks??

[margo49]

My thoughts exactly. Your toes actually keep one another warm. S'pose it's all about the delta between body heat generated and environmental temp. Someone clever-er than me will have to do this calculation.
Also I grew up in my Grandma's hand-knitted (2 ply) woollen socks (short for summer and knee length for winter) so I would never find toed socks as comfortable. I don't find *any* socks as comfortable.

[KnottedYet]

I'm a barefoot kind of gal, and my toes like to be free. I'm also a very sweaty gal, and my toes seem to stay drier when there is fabric between them so they aren't sweating on each other.

Haven't tried comparing the toe-socks to regular wool socks for warmth yet.

[mimitabby]

I love my toe socks too, but don't wear them much. They didn't have purple, eggplant, lavendar when i bought them. mine are just ugly brown..
they don't pinch or rub anywhere they give me a kind of a tucked in feeling

[Torrilin]

My thoughts exactly. Your toes actually keep one another warm. S'pose it's all about the delta between body heat generated and environmental temp. Someone clever-er than me will have to do this calculation.
Also I grew up in my Grandma's hand-knitted (2 ply) woollen socks (short for summer and knee length for winter) so I would never find toed socks as comfortable. I don't find *any* socks as comfortable.

But knitting socks is easy...

*she says as her feet are snuggled in hand knit wool socks that need some ends darned in*